A Custom Styled Alternative Android App Store & APK Extractor
Important
Acknowledgement & Credits
This repository, ApptekaApp, is a modified and personalized fork of the original open-source project Appteka by Igor Solkin (@solkin).
What was changed in this fork:
- Complete change of the application's Package Name
- Personalized UI/UX styling, color schemes, and layout adjustments
- Custom tweaks to suit individual preferences & Material You Dynamic Theming
All core architectural credits, backend API integrations, and original application logic belong entirely to the original author. Massive thanks for making this amazing project open-source!
ApptekaApp is a free, open-source Android app store where users can discover, download, and share applications. Upload your own apps, explore creations from developers worldwide, and engage with the community through real-time discussions — now with a fresh, custom-styled Material You interface.
Replace the images in your
art/folder with screenshots of your custom-styled build.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🛍️ Browse & Download | Explore hundreds of thousands of free Android apps |
| 📤 Upload Apps | Share your applications with the community |
| 📦 APK Extractor | Extract APKs from installed apps (including system apps) |
| 💬 Real-time Chat | Discuss apps and games with other users |
| 👤 User Profiles | Track uploads, downloads, and activity |
| ⭐ Ratings & Reviews | Rate apps and read community feedback |
| ❤️ Favorites | Save apps for later |
| 🎨 Material You Theming | Full dark mode support & dynamic system colors |
| 🔓 No Root Required | Works on any standard Android device |
Or compile the latest APK directly from this repository. See Building below.
| Category | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Language | Kotlin 1.9 |
| UI | Material Design 3, AndroidX |
| Architecture | MVP (Model-View-Presenter), Clean Architecture |
| Dependency Injection | Dagger 2 |
| Reactive | RxJava 3, RxKotlin, RxRelay |
| Networking | Retrofit 2, OkHttp 4 |
| Image Loading | Simple Image Loader |
| Build | Gradle, ProGuard |
The project follows Clean Architecture principles with an MVP pattern:
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Activity / Fragment │
│ (Router — implements navigation interface) │
└──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
│
┌──────────────▼───────────────────────────────┐
│ Presenter │
│ (Presentation layer — framework-agnostic) │
└──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
│
┌──────────────▼───────────────────────────────┐
│ Interactor │
│ (Business logic, repository, data cache) │
└──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
│
┌──────────────▼───────────────────────────────┐
│ Data / Converter │
│ (Data mapping between layers) │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- View — Pure UI rendering, zero business logic
- ResourceProvider — Android resources access for framework-agnostic layers
| Tool | Version |
|---|---|
| Android Studio | Ladybug or newer |
| JDK | 17 |
| Android SDK | API 35 |
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ApptekaApp.git
cd ApptekaApp
# Build debug APK
./gradlew assembleDebug
# Build release APK (requires signing config in local.properties)
./gradlew assembleReleaseThe APK will be generated at
app/build/outputs/apk/
ApptekaApp is available in 9 languages:
| Language | Code |
|---|---|
| English | en (default) |
| Russian | ru |
| Arabic | ar |
| Chinese | zh |
| Farsi | fa |
| Hindi | hi |
| Kurdish | ku |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-rBR |
| Vietnamese | vi |
Want to help translate? Contributions are welcome — see Contributing below.
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:
- 🐛 Report bugs and request features via Issues
- 🔀 Submit pull requests with improvements
- 🌍 Help with translations
- 📝 Improve documentation
Please follow standard GitHub flow: fork → branch → PR.
All uploaded applications are automatically scanned by a built-in antivirus system powered by three independent antivirus engines.
However, Appteka is a community-driven app exchange platform where users can freely upload applications. The Appteka team and the maintainer of this fork are not responsible for user-generated content. While security scanning and content moderation are in place:
⚠️ Always verify the source, check reviews and ratings before installing any app.
Since this project is a fork of Appteka, it inherits the same open-source license.
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 3, 29 June 2007
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 3, 29 June 2007
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
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Night-coded by the Appteka team 🌙 | Modified with ❤️ for ApptekaApp